Midgley
Towngate, Midgley
Midgley Show map of Calderdale Midgley Location within West Yorkshire Show map of West Yorkshire
OS grid reference	SE030264
• London	170 mi (270 km) SSE
Metropolitan borough	Calderdale
Metropolitan county	West Yorkshire
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	HALIFAX
Postcode district	HX2
Dialling code	01422
Police	West Yorkshire
Fire	West Yorkshire
Ambulance	Yorkshire
UK Parliament	Calder Valley
List of places UK England Yorkshire 53°44′03″N 1°57′20″W / 53.734244°N 1.955638°W / 53.734244; -1.955638

Midgley (/ˈmɪdʒli/) is a hill-top village in Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately 12 miles (20 km) east from Burnley and 4 miles (6 km) west-north-west of Halifax, and just north of the A646 road. Nearby villages are Mytholmroyd 1 mile (1.6 km) to the west-south-west, and Hebden Bridge 2.5 miles (4.0 km) to the west-north-west.

Midgley has a social committee to arrange events such as open gardens, village fetes, parties, quiz nights and wine tasting. A previous Co-op store has been refurbished to become a shop and community room staffed by volunteers; it opened in February 2010.

Local primary education is provided by Midgley School.

Governance

The village is part of the Luddendenfoot ward of the metropolitan borough of Calderdale, part of the Metropolitan county of West Yorkshire.^[1]

Midgley was formerly a township in the parish of Halifax,^[2] in 1866 Midgley became a separate civil parish, in 1894 Midgley became an urban district, on 1 April 1939 the urban district and parish were abolished, the urban district was merged with Hepton Rural District^[3] and the parish was merged with Wadsworth.^[4] In 1931 the parish had a population of 1882.^[5]